Passionate Journeys Why Successful Women Joined a Cult

ISBN-10: 0472088440

ISBN-13: 9780472088447

Edition: 2001

Authors: Marion S. Goldman

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During the 1970s and 1980s, Bhagwan Rajneesh was a spiritual leader for thousands of young Americans. This book focuses on the women who abandoned family and career to follow the guru.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 12/14/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Marion Goldman is Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies at the University of Oregon. Her many books include Passionate Journeys: Why Successful Women Joined a Cult .



Introduction: Passionate Journeys



Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and the World His Sannyasins Made



Revising Voices: The Research Process



A Borrowed Life: Seeking Authenticity



Repairing the World: A Woman of the Sixties



The Swan



Lessons?


Epilogue: Down from the Mountain


Appendixes



Interview Questions and Follow-Up Questionnaire



Decisions for Constructing Composites and Using Quotations



General Demographic Information about Composites


Notes


References


Index